United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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27 June, 1967 I Dear Mom and Dad, Uncle Bill picked me up at the airport all right and I stayed with him and Aunt Claire last night. Today we went all over Washing- ton, and I saw just about every- thing there was. Somehow it is all very different, and at the same time very much the same, as I imagined it. Quite a change from Weaver, In- diana! We thought that we might find time to go over to Annapolis and have a look around before I have to swear in tomorrow, but there ' s just too much in Washing- ton to do, and we didn ' t finish sight-seeing until late in the after- noon. It seems so strange to be here after all the years of wondering and anticipating, and 1 don ' t mind tell- ing you that I ' m more than a little scared. Tomorrow I ' m going to start an entirely new way of life, and somehow, although it ' s been my dream for as long as I can remem- ber, I ' m still not sure that I ' m ready for it. I know that what I ' m doing is going to bring a certain amount of pain and frustration. I only hope that it will bring some joy and sense of accomplishment. f P! All my love, Terry P.S. Tell Kathy that I ' ll write to her soon.

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Jour years together by the bay where Severn joins the tide . .

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28 June 1967 Dear Mom and Dad, Well, I made it through the first day. It was all pretty confusing, and so much larger than I had anticipated. Aunt Claire and Uncle Bill brought me over and we went out to lunch at this place called the Harbor House. I had to report by one o ' clock which I managed, but there were a whole lot of guys and we had to wait in line for a while. I left my junk with Uncle Bill except for the stuff they told us to bring. What can I say about it? First they proc- es sed us through this library where they checked our papers and took our money. Then we formed up and marched around to the sickbay. That was pretty much just a quick check. From there we went to get our hair cut. You remember how I had it cut so short in that crew cut? Well they cut it ALL off. All of it! Next they took us back near the library and gave us these cards that told us what company we were in. Then this upper- class took me and some guys in the same group to pick up this issue stuff. There sure was a lot of it and we were running all over with it till they took us up to our rooms. This place is huge! I ' m never going to be able to find my way around here. Anyway, when I got to the room my roommate was there already. His name is John and he used to be an enlisted man. He got here early and so he helped me to start getting this junk unpacked. You have to mark it all and stow it in these lockers. And there ' s a Navy way to do everything so you ' ve got instruction sheets to tell you how to do it. One of my squad leaders came in to check how my stuff fit and he yelled us up one side of the room across the ceiling and down the other side for not bracing up when he came in. Lesson number 1: when- ever an upperclass comes in you brace up and sound off. And pretty soon we start bracing up every where we go and running, they call it chopping, too. The squad leaders are pretty harsh, and they yell a lot, but I guess I ' ll get used to it. I don ' t think I ' m going to have much choice. They got us all out in the hall later on for what they call a continued